Semaphore toy



WITNESSES:

E. A. CAZIARC.

SEMAPHORE TOY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11.1918.

Patented July 27, 1920.

A U DRIVE V61 UNITED STATES TVPYATENT OFFICE.

ELSA A. CAZIARC, [or FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.

Application filed July 11,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ELSA A. Cazrano, a-

. citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Sheridan, county of Lake, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Im-, provement in Semaphore Toys, and declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact" semaphore signaling. 1

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a full understanding of my invention and of its objects and advantagesyreference. may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawlng, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front view of a device arranged in accordance with a preferred form of my invention; v

Fig. 2 is a front view, on an enlarged scale, of the rear half of the device, the

front half being removed;

Fig. 3 is a section taken approximately on line 3'3 of Fig. 2; and.

Fig. 4 is a side or edge view ofthe lower or base portion of the device.

Referring to the drawing, 1 and 2 represent two slabs or thick sheets which may conveniently be in the form of thinboards, cut so as to conform to the outline of an armless soldier as viewed either from the front or the rear. The members 1 and 2 are secured together back to back and the resulting compound member may be decorated on opposite sides in imitation of a uniformed soldier. Rigid extended arms, 3 and 4, are joined to the body member so as to permit the arms to be swung in front of the'figure. Each arm terminates in a hand holding a signal flag, 5, which is preferably made of stiff material so that it will not flap about when the arms are quickly moved. The arms are preferably spring controlled so that they always bend to assume a neutral position as, for example, a

Specification of LettersPatenta V of the springs.

SEMAPHORE TOY.

- PatcntedfJuly 27, 1918. Serial No. 244,454.

7 position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and cords or cables, 6 and 7, are provided for manipulating the arms against the tension In the arrangement shown, each arm is fixed on the outer end of a long cylindrical hub, 8, projecting through the front member 1 of the figure from a drum or reel, 9, housed within a suitable pocket, 10, between the members 1 and 2. On each-of the drums,

9, is Wound one of the cables which in turn passes down through a suitable passageway or tunnel, 11, of which there are two each extending fromthe vicinity of one of the drums to the corresponding foot or ankle of the figure. 'At the lower end of. each passage or tunnel are two guides, preferably in the form of pulleys, 12 and 13. The passages or tunnels communicate with the outside at the front of. the figure through holes,

14, behind which the pulleys, 12,'lie. Simi- V larly holes, 15, in the back member of the figure place the lower ends of the passages 11 in communication with the outside on the rear side of the figure; the pulleys, 13, lying opposite or in the opening 15. With this arrangement the cables may be passed out at the base of the figure so as to permit the arms to be manipulated while the soldier is being faced, or the cables may be passed out through the rear of the'figure so as to permit the manipulator to. be positioned behind the soldier while signaling.

At the bottom of the device there may be a comparatively broad, flat base, 16, on which the device may be held upright and, when signaling, the member 16 may be glamped to a table or other supporting mem- The springs for returning the. arms to what may be called zero positions may conveniently be, housed in the drums on whose hubs the arms are fastened. In the arrangement shown, there are fastened in the back member or plate of the figure two studs, 17, each of which is co-axial with one of the drums and preferably has a part or journal, 18, fitting into a suitable bearing in the corresponding drum and its hub. Each stud has a plate, 19, which fits into the open side of the corresponding cable drum and forms or spring nated that normally the arms take the posi-' tions shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1; For the purpose of signaling, the cables are passed out through the front or through the back, depending upon whether the person giving the signals is 'to be behind or in front of the soldier; and the cords or cables are then grasped one in each'hand so that each arm may be moved at Will independently of the other;

vI claim: I

1. A device of the character described,

comprising a figure having flag-carrying arms hinged to swing in mitation of a person signaling in accordance with the two-' arm semaphore system, springs tending to move the arms in one direction, two sets of pulleys near the bottom of saidfigure arranged in pairs, one atthe rear and the other at the front of the figure, and a cable'extending from each arm down through said figure in position 'to'permit it to be passed over either of the pulleys of the corresponding, pair and thus permit the arms to be manipulated either from the front side of the figure or from in rear of the figure.

2. In a device of the character described,

a figure made of two members laid back to back, sockets arranged between said members, spring drums-"arranged within said sockets, each drum having an elongated hub projecting axially therefrom to tlie fron t side'of one of said "members, arms attached to the free ends of said hubs, and cables passing over said drums and adapted to rotate them in opposition to 'the'springs contained the-rein. v

3. In a device of the character described,

a figure made of two members laid back to back, sockets arranged between said members, spring drums arranged within said sockets, each drum having an elongated-hub 7 projecting axially therefrom to the front side of one of said members, arms attached to the free ends of said hubs, pulleys near the bottom of said "figure,and cables wound on 'said drums and fpassing downwardly over said pulleys, the free ends of the cables projecting beyond said figure so as to permi t them to.be grasped ior the purpose of operating said-arms.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

ELSA-A. 'CAZIARO, 

